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| Russia calls in army as fires escalate. Russia called in the army on Friday to combat fires sweeping across the drought-stricken European part of the country and forcing thousands of people to flee. |
| Global warming signs unmistakable, report says. A new report by 300 scientists has flagged the past decade as the hottest on record and compiled 10 “unmistakable” indicators that the world is getting warmer. |
| Without Congress. The Senate isn’t taking up a climate change bill this summer, despite years of efforts to legislate a solution. But other plans to cap greenhouse gas emissions are beginning to grind into gear. |
| Nice for a dip, but worrisome. Superior and the four other Great Lakes have been at or near record high temperatures for the 30 years such measurements have been taken — and there’s still a month left before the lakes typically hit their warmest levels of the year. |
| Climate-change policy: Let it be. The Democrats have abandoned their efforts to limit emissions through legislation. But the demise of cap and trade in Congress does not mean a complete halt to the administration?s efforts to cut emissions. |
| Energy star ratings in disarray. Labor’s push to cut greenhouse gas emissions through the use of energy efficiency schemes was yesterday dealt another blow when building industry heavyweights discredited the star ratings being applied to hundreds of thousands of homes. |
| AG wrests price cut from Cape Wind. The developers of the Cape Wind energy project in Nantucket Sound have agreed to reduce the price of its electricity by 10 percent, saving consumers at least $456 million over the 15-year span of a proposed contract with National Grid. |
| Church wins energy certification. An eastern Jefferson County church has become the first house of worship in Kentucky to receive an Energy Star certification from the Environmental Protection Agency and one of the first 10 in the nation to receive one. |
| A lively debate on climate change. Lord Monckton, an outspoken climate change skeptic, Tuesday debated Eric Bates, editor of Rolling Stone, which recently published a cover story maintaining that climate skeptics have enabled polluting industries to murder the climate. |
| Scotland’s population to swell. Factors such as climate change will add to Scotland?s appeal, leading to population growth that could trigger huge problems in infrastructure and urban crowding, experts warned. |
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